Kill or Cure (1962 film)

Kill or Cure is a 1962 British comedy film, in which an inept private investigator is called to look into the strange goings-on at a health club. It was filmed mainly at Aldenham House in Elstree, Hertfordshire in the summer of 1961. The house was used for many of the inside shots together with the surrounding parkland for the holiday chalets. Filming was still taking place in September 1961 as the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School moved into a new school built on the rest of the site, relocating from Hampstead. The house became the administrative centre for the school with the school reception being where the hotel reception is in the film.

Kill or Cure
Directed byGeorge Pollock
Written byDavid Pursall
Jack Seddon
Music byRon Goodwin
Running time
88 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom

The term "kill or cure" is a takeoff on "Keeley cure", a system of treatment for alcoholics and drug addicts featuring restful, homelike environments, various tonics and injections reportedly of dubious benefit, and exercise.[1][2]

Cast

Reception

According to MGM records the film made a profit of $89,000.[3]

References
  1. " I had come across the American slang term "kill-or-cure" for "Keeley cure..." Elliott C. Lasser, M.D., in Gallbladder Mucosa in Cholecystography (JAMA, 1965;193(6):427-431. doi:10.1001/jama.1965.03090060017003).
  2. "Jim Townsend calls the Keeley cure the 'kill or cure.'" The Weekly Gazette And Stockman, Reno, Nevada. Thursday, July 6, 1893.
  3. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.


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